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Monday, October 26. 2009

Driving around Southern New England

Check out the stuff we posted over the weekend. Some fun stuff, I think.


Did a bit of driving around this weekend. Took some lousy photos. We did drive past a doctor's office in Norfolk, CT: Dr. Ralph Emerson. We all agreed we'd be glad to go to him. (In some areas the leaves were wonderful, and in some spots not so good, but we were not looking for leaves.) This is Canaan, CT:



 The Housatonic Valley, Route 7 in Western MA:



 More random road photos below the fold:



 The East Canaan, CT Congregational Church




Winsted, CT - one more sad old New England mill town:


 



 



 

Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 07:07 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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nice pics :D
#1 Brett J (Link) on 2009-10-26 08:01 (Reply)
I do some hunting just outside of Winsted, always hit Collins Diner for breakfast,
#2 Santay on 2009-10-26 09:13 (Reply)
If the Swine Flu Works its magic on the Populus, I'd consider moving back East...
#3 garrett on 2009-10-26 11:11 (Reply)
So okay, you weren't looking for leaves. I spent two winters in Northern Maine at the (now closed) Loring AFB, 90 miles north of the end of I-95. The wonderful autumn colors were almost the only consolation we had for the -40F temps with 30mph winds and the 240 inches of snow.
#4 Geoff on 2009-10-26 17:13 (Reply)
I love New England and NJ in the fall. The rest of the year, not so much.
#5 NJSoldier on 2009-10-27 09:05 (Reply)

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